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Half-Life
Developer(s)	Valve Corporation
Publisher(s)	Sierra Entertainment Gearbox Software
Engine	GoldSrc
Release date(s)	Windows  November 20, 1998 PlayStation 2  October 29, 2001
Genre(s)	FPS
System(s)	Windows, PlayStation 2, Steam
Players	1-32
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature
Followed by	Half-Life: Opposing Force

This is the first game in the Half-Life series. For other games in the series see the Half-Life category.

Half-Life was developed by Valve Software and was released on November 20, 1998 for Windows. Half-Life raised the bar for FPSes, combining action, amazing graphics (for the time), and exciting linear gameplay. The storytelling in the game is revealed level-by-level through several scripted sequences which places the player in new situations. Half-Life has won 50 Game Of The Year awards from major publications and is considered a marvel in gaming.

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You are Dr. Gordon Freeman, a theoretical physicist who works at Black Mesa, a secret government facility located in New Mexico. You and your team of scientists are eager to try a new experiment, and you volunteer to be in it. You take a hazard suit and head down to the test chamber. Everything is going well, but a major problem occurs in the experiment and now you and the other survivors must escape from Black Mesa alive.

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[edit] Box artwork

Alternate box artwork.

Inside cover of above box.

Artwork for the game.

The iconic opening scene of the game.